Genghis Khan

recently have historians dug deep enough to figure out the true cause of the Black Death, which has been caused by the Mongols, dating back to as early as the beginning of the 13th century! Once he became the official leader of the Mongols from 1206, Genghis Khan has been known for opening all the trading centers all around Europe. By opening up trade, they also opened up vectors for disease to travel, in this case, via fleas infected with a virus called Yersinia Pestis. According to one story…

Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and…

When we look back at individuals that are commonly known to have shaped the course of history, we often think of grand names of political leaders and conquerors such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, etc. It is easy to map out the differences they have made in the world because they are usually physical, actually altered geographical borders. However, we often fail to acknowledge the effect that lesser known names have had on the history of mankind, through ideas and…

I proceeded to walk cautiously towards the towering obsidian gate. My 7 month voyage to Hell was finally coming to a close. But my real journey had just begun. 7 months ago, I was hired as a journalist for the world renowned broadcasting company WNN, or World News Network. This company specialized in reporting a variety of current events, whether it be above, on, or under the world itself. I had been recruited by the president of WNN to collect information from under the world, in other words…

The main character, narrator, and protagonist, Molly Bolt, has various relationships throughout the unfolding of Rita Mae Brown’s Rucyfruit Jungle. These include her adoptive mother and father, her childhood friends, and her lovers. In the book’s introduction, the reader is given a prime example of Molly’s brutal and severe relationship with her mother, Carrie (Overview, Novels). After she and Brockhurst Detwiler were caught selling peeks at his un-circumcised penis, Molly returns home to Carrie…

What would you choose? Would you be willing to reap the benefits of economic prosperity for your morals? Europeans and many leading countries have had to choose between their morals or capitalism. Whether the choice is between forced manual labor, or displacing people from their homes, a ruler or conqueror has to make a decision. Unfortunately, in many cases these leaders choose wrong and opt for economic prosperity over the well beings of others. Torture, rape, pillage, and murder have all…

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Iraq: An Oasis of Uncertainty Iraq, a hostile desert of uncertainties regarding both the past and present. A desert oasis that attracts a variety of human nature that ranges from good to evil. A desert with two life-sustaining rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, which fostered the growth of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Elamites, Hatti, Hittites, Assyrians, Hurrians to the modern day cities that most people are familiar with, Mosul, Tikrit and Bagdad (Center for…

The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is “the most awesome structure ever devised by man, one that “lies across the northern borders of China like some great sleeping dragon, stretching and sunning itself on the peaks and ridges of some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the world…The Great Wall of China was more than 2,000 years in the building, and the only way man can look upon the sum total of handiwork is by viewing it from outer space (Waldron, pg 2).” The Great Wall…

From a small city-state to a far-reaching civilization that dominated the vast region of the Mediterranean, Rome’s history includes many endeavors and triumphs in its rise, thrive, and fall throughout its two and a half millennia (2500 years). Rome’s history dawns in the 8th century BC, where the future empire begins as a small Latin village founded by Italic tribes. Those Italic tribes also held other nearby city-states in Central Italy. Rome was a state in which the people held its supreme…